Fear
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Anxiety’s Equations
Anxiety is like a Flustered mathematician A self-appointed professor Who can’t do simple addition He spends his days Scribbling complex equations But he still has yet to master The basics of calculation He stares in panic At his cluttered chalkboard He is bewildered by his own working But of one thing he is sure The… Continue reading
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Facing Fear
I didn’t see it I didn’t comprehend The fear that gripped me That hemmed me in Born from past trauma From difficult days When my mood was low And my concentration in a haze I made it through I somehow survived But that feeling of fear Left scars inside I vowed never to allow myself… Continue reading
Anxiety, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
The Dunce Hat
We hear our name In every conversation we pass by We feel the pounding pressure Of the glare of every eye Thoughtless words Nestle in our hair Form a hat of humiliation That we feel forced to wear But it is only in our mind That this marker exists It is made from a substance… Continue reading
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Temporary
A relentless treadmill Which cannot be stopped Being punched by a boxer Who you cannot block A screaming creature At every sunrise Weights strapped to your legs When you’re paralysed An emergency alarm blaring But the help won’t come An approaching darkness Heralded by deep bass drums A bottomless pit Threatening to swallow you whole… Continue reading
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Spinning
Thoughts revolving In my head I am dizzy from their spin Darkness swirling Creates a whirlpool That tries to sucks me in Bitter remarks Beat me down Break my self-esteem Constant critiques And overthinking Create an awful din I pause I stop And lift my head up See the world That spins around me And… Continue reading
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White Sheets
We all start with a white sheet An unblemished start We smile to ourselves As we cradle it in our arms But we compromise Ignore our ideals Get covered in red paint Our sheets, we fail to shield The inspector shakes his head At our pathetic, sodden mess We had one job To bring this… Continue reading
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Abyss
It’s so painful To be like this To have fallen from the skies To be in this abyss To not have the words To say how you feel To experience so much But be unable to reveal In this brief moment When I put pen to paper I can show a fragment Just a small… Continue reading
Anger, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing -
Perfectionism 2
A faint whisper Into my ear An unsettling feeling A shiver of fear You always tell me That disaster is on its way That I have to do more To keep the destruction at bay You are an immortal phantom Chasing me down dark alleyways You chant constant threats I always feel your blade My… Continue reading
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Inner Fire
Burn in my heart Pain of old Simmering shame In the pit of my soul A weight heavily borne It crushes my chest Sewn to my skin Lest I forget I know my flaws I see them every day These are not simply things That can be just wished away But in my mistakes He… Continue reading
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Sheep Pen
Fear is a sheep pen A restricting enclosure Hemming you in Stopping you moving forward Instead of endless pastures It’ll make you eat old grass It says there’s safety in numbers When you’re called to walk new paths It promises you won’t be hurt If you stay within its walls But you’ll wilt in its… Continue reading
Anxiety, Christian Poetry, Depression, Emotions, Fear, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Poetry, Redemption, Trauma, Writing
Dawn & Dusk 